Dhemaji, May 21: Pre-monsoon rain since the past two days has paralysed life in Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts and caused a rise in the water levels of all tributaries of the Brahmaputra.

Water from the hills has caused the Singra river to overflow at Naoboicha in Upper Assam's Lakhimpur district and inundated 20 villages of Borsola panchayat, damaging crops over a vast area.

Sources said the dyke of the Singra, which was breached last year, has not been repaired.

People in the flood-affected areas are taking shelter have been forced to stay indoors.

When a villager was asked about relief materials, he said they had not yet received any help from the government. "We are now making do with whatever we have in the house. This time we are facing early floods," he added.

Some villages in the low-lying areas of Jonai subdivision in Dhemaji district are also reeling under a flood-like situation as the water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries continues to rise.

Lakhimpur deputy commissioner Barun Bhuyan told The Telegraph that owing to a rise in the river's water level, the water has breached a portion of an embankment under construction.

"It entered the low-lying areas, causing the floods. We hope to repair the breached portion before the monsoon," he said.

Rains have disrupted the road leading to different destinations in eastern part of Arunachal Pradesh, as the road-widening work is in progress from Likabali to Aalo, the district headquarters of West Siang, which connects Daporijo, the headquarters of Upper Subansiri district.